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Forum: Tech Log
19th Mar 2013, 22:04
Replies: 98
Views: 25,168
Posted By cockney steve

Agreed that sounds scandalous....now add up the...

Agreed that sounds scandalous....now add up the overheads for the mechanic, plus his hourly rate, plus a profit-margin....you're lucky if you get 30 minutes labour on that- fine, if it's a hand...
Forum: Tech Log
12th Mar 2013, 13:59
Replies: 98
Views: 25,168
Posted By cockney steve

A.B. Sorry to have upset your sensitivities,- I...

A.B. Sorry to have upset your sensitivities,- I guess you would be mortified to hear yourself referred to as a Limey? Nickname rascist? -really???

As an aside, I came from Clacton, Essex,...
Forum: Tech Log
10th Mar 2013, 16:05
Replies: 98
Views: 25,168
Posted By cockney steve

Ducellier, Paris-Rhone...gone...ditto...

Ducellier, Paris-Rhone...gone...ditto Magneti-Marelli, WIco-PACey C,A.Vandervell -Even the Prince, Joseph Lucas...absorbed into Delphi, along with Lockheed-Girling....AC-Delco, a GM brand....oh dear...
Forum: Tech Log
4th Mar 2013, 22:53
Replies: 98
Views: 25,168
Posted By cockney steve

:} been there! customer came in on a dark autumn...

:} been there! customer came in on a dark autumn night...car wouldn't start and he'd bumped it down into an unlit lane without success.
Opened the bonnet ,owner cranked and I watched the scale...
Forum: Tech Log
4th Mar 2013, 10:02
Replies: 98
Views: 25,168
Posted By cockney steve

[QUOTE][Pre transistor ignition could have...

[QUOTE][Pre transistor ignition could have switched 12V instead of 25kV, and used individual step-up coils to transform 12V to 25kV at each spark plug as they do now. Would have saved a lot of...
Forum: Tech Log
25th Feb 2013, 12:06
Replies: 98
Views: 25,168
Posted By cockney steve

@ Blind pew.... Ah! Invacar at...

@ Blind pew.... Ah! Invacar at Thundersley!...killed off instantly when the gov't sensibly decided on the Mobility allowance scheme. Spaz-wagons , we called them in that politically-incorrect age.
...
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Feb 2013, 10:35
Replies: 98
Views: 25,168
Posted By cockney steve

Jock,- It's a bit of naus-o-stalgia,...

Jock,- It's a bit of naus-o-stalgia, really....the Jap cars were starting to become european -styled and gaining foothold, but the vast majority of vehicles were BMC,(Morris AustinWolseley Riley)...
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Feb 2013, 10:17
Replies: 98
Views: 25,168
Posted By cockney steve

Been there, done that. BSA A65 Star..It was...

Been there, done that. BSA A65 Star..It was just over a year old and the ticket-price represented a 25% loss to the first owner :eek: As a pimply youth on about £8 a week, I couldn't concieve...
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